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What does Ballykissangel have in common with the dirtiest book of the Victorian era? This coincidence I stumbled upon while researching the counterculture of London’s swinging ’60s – that is, the 1860s.
What happens offstage, behind the action, in the Victorian novels we know so well? I sought specifics: … Continue Reading

Mark Ellis is the author of the DCI Frank Merlin series of thrillers, set in London during the Second World War. The latest, Merlin at War, was published in July 2017.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A … Continue Reading

Reviews

The Coffin Path is a seventeenth-century ghost story. A story in which the oppression and wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors provides a compelling backdrop, where a sense of encroaching malevolence seeps like a … Continue Reading

Elizabeth Gifford’s debut novel, Secrets of the Sea House, was a sweeping, beautiful work, imbued with myth and mystery; it was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown award in 2014 and was one of my personal favourites … Continue Reading

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